Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The thrill of correctly identifying trees can be enhanced by properly ...

One of the most useless-but-cool things about physics is the post-hoc information it offers for the field of biology. I suspect that these physics-focused explanations really piss biologists off, and ...

Leaves can be enjoyed for their shade, autumn colors, or taste, and the arrangement of leaves on a plant is a practical way to identify a species. However, the details of how plants control their leaf ...